Examples

http://www.wiinintendo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/video-game-timeline.jpg


http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/people-timelines/30-anne-frank-timeline.htm


http://www.timelinemaker.com/images/sample-chart-slider/company-timeline/company-history-timeline-corporate-light-full.png

Characteristics (must have)
-facts/information
-past
-key events
-chronological
-dates
-information placed along a timeline bar (doesn't have to be)
-easy to read
-time span-(over a few years, over a person's lifetime)

Criteria (how to make it good)
-color to make it stand out
-some have pictures
-right amount of info - not too much or too little
-dates spread out evenly
-for me, include how influential Lucille Ball was-show her "firsts" in a different color